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COIN

Unique ID: SUSS-86FDF4

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Awaiting validation

Subsequent actions

Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder

Chronology

Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Exactly AD 1578
Date to: Exactly AD 1578

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Thickness: 0.71 mm
Weight: 2.73 g
Diameter: 25.64 mm

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Monday 1st June 2015

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Materials and construction

Primary material: Silver
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Incomplete

Coin data (numismatics)

Denomination: Sixpence
Ruler/issuer: Elizabeth I of England
Mint or issue place: The Tower of London
Category: English coin early Modern 1489 - 1660
Type: Sixpence: Elizabeth I, 1561-1582 (N 1997)
Obverse description: Crowned bust left, rose behind head right.
Obverse inscription: ELIZABETH D G ANG FR ET HI REGINA
Reverse description: Long cross fourchee on royal shield, surmounted by date '1578'.
Reverse inscription: POSVI DEV AD IVTORE M MEV
Initial mark: plain cross
Die axis measurement: 7 o'clock